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Ancient, Rediscovered Halo Fan Art Proves That Fans Have Imagined A Marathon Crossover Since The Beginning
22.7.2025
If you consider yourself a fan of Halo and love some digital archaeology, boy, do I have some treats for you. As you may or may not know, the original Halo went through several conceptual iterations before it became the first-person shooter that’d take the world by storm as an Xbox exclusive. Hell...
Pokémon's Unbelievably Bad Summer Showcase Leaves Fans High And Dry
22.7.2025
This year, The Pokémon Company took the unusual step of announcing today’sPokémon Presents nearly two months in advance, way back on May 28. Usually revealed to be happening with just a few days notice, this peculiar two-month run-up suggested that big things could be in store. Oh my goodness,...
Look-Alike Contests Have Peaked As Dozens Of Superman Fans Enter Their Pups In A Krypto Competition
21.7.2025
Look-alike contests have become a viral phenomenon in recent years. What started as local gags promoted with flyers posted near city crosswalks have spread to events that go viral online as they bring together everyday citizens who look vaguely like superstars. Timothée Chalamet and Pedro Pascal...
Donkey Kong Bananza Fans Are Having Way Too Much Fun With Its Artist Mode
18.7.2025
Donkey Kong Bananza is a 3D action platformer where you can dig holes, build bridges, and experiment in other ways as you burrow through various whimsical worlds on your way toward the planet core. Nintendo was so happy with its deformation tech that it decided to spin it off into an entirely...
An Old Pokémon Go Cheat Lets You Raid Gyms From Farther Away But Fans Are Worried A Crackdown Is Finally Coming
17.7.2025
Part of the original inspiration for Pokémon Go was about getting people out into the real world walking, exploring, and meeting one another as they collect, battle, and raid fictional gyms. But times have changed. There was a whole pandemic. Walking around your neighborhood to endlessly grind...
Donkey Kong Bananza Reviews Say It's The Blockbuster Exclusive Switch 2 Fans Are Waiting For
16.7.2025
Is Donkey Kong Bananza the Super Mario Odyssey-sized adventure the Switch 2 needs? That’s the question players have been asking ever since the 3D sandbox smasher was first revealed earlier this year. Based on early reviews, it just might be. With rave assessments and perfect scores from some...
Destiny 2 Hits Fans With A Nostalgia Bomb As Soon As They Start The Newest Expansion
15.7.2025
There is a twinkling sound every time you turn on the original Destiny that lives on in the hearts of anyone who spent hundreds of hours playing it. Over a decade later, Destiny 2's newest expansion transported players back to those fond early days by re-using the old menu music for The Edge...
Nintendo 64 Fans Left Waiting A Little Longer As Analogue 3D Maker Blames Tariffs For Latest Delay
15.7.2025
The Analogue 3D promises a classic Nintendo 64 experience on modern displays with all the bells and whistles that entails. The $250 retro console sold out last year and was supposed to ship in early 2025, but the company behind it says orders have been delayed yet again, this time blaming tariffs....
Even Sonic Fans Were Too Slow For Magic: The Gathering's Latest Secret Lair Debacle
14.7.2025
Today, July 14, I bought Magic: The Gathering cards for the very first time. Wizards of the Coast and Sega’s new Sonic collaboration set went up for pre-order on Magic’s “Secret Lair” site and it seems like, somehow, I may have cut the line. My brother was also in the queue and was willing to ship...
The Horse Girl Gacha Game Reminds Fans To Be Cool Around IRL Horses
11.7.2025
Sometimes you have to remind your diehard fans to be chill around the talent, and that’s just what Umamusume: Pretty Derby is doing after the horse girl gacha game has become a viral sensation. The game depicts real-life race horses as reincarnated high school student racers, and now that those...
Subnautica 2 Publisher Denies Sabotaging $250 Million Developer Payout As Fans Rebel: 'Subnautica's Soul Has Just Been Ripped Out'
10.7.2025
Subnautica 2 maker Unknown Worlds was set for a massive $250 million payout this year if it hit certain revenue targets, Bloomberg reported yesterday. But a fresh delay of one of the most wish-listed games on Steam makes that almost impossible. Publisher Krafton, which changed the release schedule...
Astro Bot's New Update Finally Adds A Character Fans Have Been Waiting For
10.7.2025
Astro Bot, Team Asobi’s delightful PlayStation tribute platformer and Kotaku 2024 Game of the Year, is still getting free updates. Today, the team put out a handful of new levels and Special Bots, or little robot guys dressed up as different characters from PlayStation’s history. These updates have...
As Fantastic Four: First Steps Nears, Fans Brace Themselves For The MCU-ification Of Its Heroes
10.7.2025
For nearly two decades, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been so prevalent in pop culture that their entire vibe has infected almost every facet of the creative output of Marvel as a larger comic-book and multimedia company. Projects like Crystal Dynamics’ ill-fated Avengers game forgo the source...
Destiny 2 'Lootapalooza' Derailed As Fans Mass-Delete Characters
10.7.2025
Bungie has been paving the way for Destiny 2's upcoming The Edge of Fate expansion with a week of free loot for players. Once every day, fans can log in, visit the Emissary vendor, and claim an Infinite Nonary Engram, which drops all sorts of cosmetics players normally have to pay real money for....
Dune: Awakening PVP Players Are Finding New Ways To Grief Fans: Boxes
9.7.2025
I love when things start going off the rails in an MMO, and while Dune: Awakening’s ongoing Deep Desert troubles are frustrating for fans, they’re also a fascinating experiment in balancing competing player incentives. Developer Funcom recently nerfed the endgame area’s PVP potential, turning...
One Mysterious Tease Has Danganronpa Fans Imploding
8.7.2025
It doesn’t take much to reawaken a fandom that has refused to die even as its favorite series seems to have ended. In 2017, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony seemingly ended Spike Chunsoft’s murder mystery series with a decisive metacommentary about letting art die with dignity. Four years later...
Fans Think Smash Bros. 64 Is Coming To Switch Online Thanks To Months-Old Blurry Backgrounds
7.7.2025
Almost four years after coming to the service, some of the Nintendo 64's most iconic games are still missing from the Switch Online + Expansion Pack retro library. Now, fans think Super Smash Bros. and more are headed to Switch soon, thanks to some very blurry “teases” in a YouTube video that...
Spider-Gwen’s New Comic Already Has Fans Reeling, And It’s Not Even Out Yet
3.7.2025
Marvel’s multiverse shenanigans can be hard to keep track of, especially across its many, many different media franchises. The MCU has been following a multiverse arc since Endgame premiered in 2019, and there’s reason to believe Insomniac’s Spider-Man games might be dabbling in the Spider-Verse...
Marvel Rivals Is Either About To Make Spider-Man Fans’ Dreams Come True Or Do The Funniest Thing
2.7.2025
Marvel Rivals’ next season has it all: Phoenix and Blade as playable characters, a brand new map, changes to the customization options, and an itsy bitsy crash-out by Spider-Man fans. The latest furore is likely a momentary blip until developer NetEase fully unveils all the cosmetics releasing...
Let Me Tell You About The ‘Subway Slammer’ Persona Fans Love To Hate
1.7.2025
Persona 5 is all about a group of high schoolers confronting corrupt individuals in a paranormal world, parallel to our own, called the Metaverse. When they defeat someone in this metaphysical space, the target’s real-world counterpart has a “change of heart” and repents for their crimes. In...